Pastoral Resources

My success is not due to any personal superiority over other people.

Success is like death. The more successful you become, the higher the houses in the hills get and the higer the fences get.

Success? You can't get a big head about it. When people stare at me, they could be whispering to their friend, 'That guy sucks! Have you seen him before? He's horrible.'

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

It would be useless for any player to attempt to explain successful batting.

A successful woman preacher was once asked what special obstacles have you met as a woman in the ministry? Not one, she answered, except the lack of a minister's wife.

People are beginning to see that the first requisite to success in life is to be a good animal.

One of the most difficult things for people who have been successful in sports is adapting to the daily world where you can't get an answer from someone until 5 o'clock tomorrow. There is always an excuse. Living 40 or 50 years like that doesn't get too exciting after a while.

Past performance speaks a tremendous amount about one's ability and likelihood for success.

What it is saying is that someone who was a world champion and who takes care of himself with a 17-year rest and applies the proper training techniques and perseverance could be successful.

The only thing I can say about having this type of success is that you can get yourself in trouble because basically the world is set open for you. People will say yes to anything you ask, so it's basically down to you and what you want or need.

Your success story is a bigger story than whatever you're trying to say on stage. Success makes life easier. It doesn't make living easier.

I didn't know if it would be a success-ful one, or what the stages would be, but I always saw myself as a lifetime musician and songwriter.

I really believe everything is here for us to be very successful.

We need to build on the success of Social Security by developing bold and innovative ways for Americans to build wealth and save for retirement. I believe we can work together in a bipartisan manner to accomplish these goals.

I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror.

Success is usually the culmination of controlling failure.

To be successful, one must take chances.

I owe a large part of my success to Joe Brown, who helped me both as a player and a person.